November 21, 2006

REN & STIMPY PRODUCTION MUSIC!

UPDATE: The links got yanked, but check the comments for help.

From the moment I experienced my very first brilliantly stupendous episode of the Ren & Stimpy show my brain has ruminated on how to get my hands on that wonderful vintage "incidental music" that sets the tone for their zany, wacky, madcap antics. Eventually the internet taught me that the music of Ren & Stimpy comes from all over the place. Some was written for the show, some are well known classicalpieces, and there are quite a few works by Raymond Scott. For me, the most elusive stuff has always been the authentic "production music" from the 1950s.

A couple months ago I discovered that some dear soul (or souls) had assembled a massive collection of these aural delights, and made them available on a torrent site.(EDIT: A demonoid user named admiraltennek has stepped forward as the original ripper/uploader.) It was as though the Gilded Yak had answered all of my letters at once! And you guessed it, I'm making this marvelous collection of classics available to you, the valued internet user.

Put simply, these melodies have enriched my life. Play them on your drive to work and you're the star of an instructional traffic safety film, turn it on during dinner and mealtime becomes 80% happier (but be careful.. play the wrong track and you could wind up with a touch of Space Madness). Best of all you can listen and imagine that you live in the world of Ren and Stimpy where the walrus-napping horse is your next door neighbor, where the toy stores are stocked with Log from Blammo, and a visit from Powdered Toast Man is just a complaint away!

Since this stuff is already available 'out there' I decided to add some extra value before I handed it off to you folks, and therefore I did the following..-Designed an "album cover" for the collection (as seen above)(Bill Wray illustration swiped from his web site.)-Hunted down and tagged the name of every artist for every stinkin' track-Added a couple tracks that I had that weren't included in the bundle-Created a track listing based on musical styles. It kicks off with some general '50s domestic lollygagging tunes and then it gets more downtown hustle and bustle-ish. After that it goes spooky, glamorous, romantic, and finally dramatic.

It is my pleasure to present you with the unofficial Ren & Stimpy Production Music collection. Be happy happy and enjoy joy joy it!

109 Total tracks (MP3, 192 kbps)

UPDATE: the You Eediot! album is available HERE.UPDATE: Volume 2 is available HERE.

i got the 1st batch overnight. this is gonna be a present for my gf. i've been listening to it and enjoying it. it's weird how many of them i've heard before. it has to be from loony tunes. i never watched ren and stimpy

gentle-I hope your girlfriend likes it. Yeah this stuff has been used all over the place. No telling where you've heard it. I don't know if this is fair use or what. They've pondered the legality of these tracks here...http://lyris-lite.net/spumboard/topic-3.html

Yeah, the glitch on 'Wily Nilly' was there when I found it. It's the only one that I've found.

awesome Todd! I'd like to think there's a little of my blood in each download.

I tried to send John K a link to this site, but you can't post messages on his blog if you don't have a Blogger account and I don't really feel the urge to get one. If you do have one, please show him your love at http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/

Excellent! By chance I had been craving Ren & Stimpy music for some time now, scouring old Spumco fan forums for details. I don't know what possessed me to search again today - Thank you so much for sharing this!

But... there's one song I prized hearing in full above all others that doesn't appear in the compilation. It's one that interestingly seems to have been partly borrowed from for the chase scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (song English Beat - Propellor Heads).

It's played in a few episodes, for instance at the 2:30 mark in R&S 'Man's Best Friend' here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRxHtfsOU08&search=ren%20stimpyand (to my ears) a suspiciously similar melody used at about the 1:20 mark in Ferris here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FaBqtdtfd8

It's something that's been driving me (space) mad for a few years now, if anybody has an idea what the Ren & Stimpy song is, I'd be eternally, eternally grateful!

so, i click over to your blog and my gf looks over at the screen. "ren and stimpy! we need the happy happy joy joy song". i found it in real audio. i'll clean it up in tracktion later. i purchased the theme song on itunes. those will be the 1st 2 songs on the cd.

Kirk, this post has broadened your blogosphere tenfold. I can't tell you how many links to your entry I've seen on other blogs. Huzzah to the shopkeep!

By they way, have you heard about Bell's Amusement park losing its lease with the city? It has 120 days to vacate the premises, concrete slabs & all. Sad. I hope they relocate, instead of merely disappearing.

Really a fantastic collection! I love "needle drop" music, as they used to call buyout background stuff, and have used it in a lot of my own compositions, which are a cross between little radio plays and comedy sketches, using sound effects and ambient tracks. Anyone interested can investigate at www.soundclick.com/johntenney

paul- I know the song you speak of. (I actually have the English Beat version if you ever happen to want that.) I'll keep my eyes and ears open for it otherwise. I have a feeling I'll be updating this collection at some point since I know this batch isn't all inclusive.

gentle- I noticed that the 'you eediot' album seems to be out of print so I've been on the lookout for it. I used to own it but I used it in several skits and ended up leaving the CD at a Young Life building years ago.

jason- I know the feeling, I'm surprised it's taken this long to surface.

travis- Thanks! Yeah, it's great only it's all downhill from here. There's nothing else I could possibly post that would serve the world better than this music. :)

I did hear about Bell's. Sad indeed. It's the end of an era. I certainly hope they relocate and I REALLY hope they recreate the Phantasmagoria.

John- Thanks, I'll check out your stuff.Funny, I was just on my way to that site to check out music from 'fun blog' regular Gentle Dissident http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=622135

Wow! Long time lurker, first time commentor! I have loved all of the stuff you have posted, but this compilation takes the cake! Outstanding! Being a relative newbie to library music, the Ren and Stimpy stuff is a fantastic overview and fun to listen to, to boot.On a semi-related note, do you know of anyone who has collected the library music/score from "night of the living dead"?

amazing! you sir, are a man among dogs! this wonderful collection of all the music i have never been able to get my hands on, this gem, this jewel, this creamy-centered, oh-so nutty chocolate-covered ice cream bar. it's mine! you cant take it from me! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

This is the music that play in a scene in rubber nipple salesmen. You can add that to the collection. It contains a small audio clip from Night of the Living Dead but it can be easily edited out. I don't know the real name of the song but the artist appears to be Spencer Moore. I hope that was helpful to you.

Bruce- I was positive that I had seen the Night of the Living Dead OST online about two weeks ago, but an hours worth of searching turned up nothing. I'd really like to hear it now.Thanks also for your encouraging words!

Oh wow, I just realized the whole Living Dead OST is available right here...http://downloads.evilunleashed.com/music/Night%20of%20the%20Living%20Dead%20(1968)%20OST/notld-ost.phpThere you go Bruce! Thanks for the clue Iceman

i downloaded this some time last week but i never made a comment. However, i would like to thank you for taking probably an awful lot of time to compile this. It's wonderful to listen to. It is the perfect christmas present too. You are the coolest.

Oh, joy!!!Just discovered this fantastic post. I won't repeat what all others already said, but this is really one of the bestest;) music posts I've seen for a very long time. So many thanks for this amazing piece of work! :)

I love the idea of finishing this project and I'm sure that every R&S maniac will be happy to help you with that! (I do!)

If you like I could upload the "You eediot!" album, but it's "only" 160 kbits. Just let me know. :)

Thanks Herr! Done and done. (I messed with the tags so I reupped it) I've got Raymond Scott, but I don't want to post it as long as it's still for sale. Thanks again. Lots of folks will be very happy because of you.

Oh - it's worked now! Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! This has really brightened up my day! I'm off to get some blank CDs and on the way I can prance around with these tunes being fed into my ears via my MP3 player! Happy, happy, joy, joy INDEED!

Really, thanks, you've no idea how long I've been searching for these tunes. I couldn't get them from APM's site because I'm not an American company. Thanks again, and I will check back to see if you get any more tunes! This is proper music.

to the two anonymouses and napsmear and andrew and daniel.. you're all very welcome. I know I felt the same way when I discovered it too.I shan't tire of these happy reunions between the fans and the music!

Hi rob- Unfortunatley, I'm not set up to generate an m3U file, so I think the best I can do is this...http://www.secretfunspot.com/renstimpylist.txtAlthough I imagine it would probably be quicker to just redownload them all than to re-tag.Let me know if there's an easier way that you know of. (I'm using itunes6 on a PC)

Oh man, you're freakin amazing! I've been searching for these tunes for years now, especially Ralph Dollimore's Hit and Run and Fredric Bayco's Inferno. It was so frustrating trying to search for them since I didn't even know the names of the songs. And here you've even included that information too. You're a god send. I was about to ask John K on his blog for more info about the songs but you've got it all right here. I can't thank you enough, awesome work!

HOLY SNAP!Thankyou so very much. I have been trying to find this stuff for years! My personal favourite is Work A Day World!From my childhood, the music is one of the most recognised things of R & S for me and now I have it.

I downloaded the 3 zips and it isn't there. It's that dark music that plays when Ren tries to kill Stimpy but something happens to his brain in "Stimpy's Fan Club." It's also in "Superstitious Stimpy" when Stimpy does a ritual with the meat carcass and Ren gets mega angry. I heard it's called satanic on the APM website but it's not there either...

anonymous- That's one of many missing tracks.These are just songs I happended to stumple upon. Just recently a ton more have been identified, and there's enough remaining for a massive second volume. We'll see what happens.

Hi Kirk, thanks for your reply. I was just wondering if you actally had that track yet and what it's called? (the dark chanting one in Stimy's Fan Club and Superstitious Stimpy). If I only knew the name of it!

One more thing... Rapidshare only seems to allow one free download. Is there any other way to get the rest of your archive? The Sendspace link only allows free uploading, but not free downloading. Am I missing something?

Hey Anonymous,Glad you finally found it!The sendspace also allows free downloading. At the bottom of the page there's a little red arrow pointing at the download link. Click on it and you can snag the whole thing at once. I just took a look and it seems to be good to go.

WHOA! Amazing find and incredible work. The cover is great. Love the "record impression." And adding all the artists' names must had been incredibly, tediously difficult -- but obviously a labor of love.

I just wanted to say thank you. Well, really, I'd say it a few thousand times, but that'd get a bit tedious. Let it suffice to say that upon hearing some of these tracks, I was breathless with relief, like some giant splinter had been pulled out of my soul after a few decades of waiting. To finally have access to this music, to finally be able to bow down before the original composers (seriously, Laurie Johnson is a genius)… well, it's probably the best thing the internet has ever done for me.

And that's all because you put it here for me to find. So THANK you. I owe you many, many chocolate things.

Wonderous work here Secret Fun Guy !, but I'm inconsolable that out of 300 + items, the one I most hoped for is missing ! The music from "Svën Höek" that plays behind "I'm gonna rip your arms out . . that's what I'M gonna do . . . you scarey us". You know ? Slow & spooky w/ feedback.I guess it slipped between the production sources, huh ?Still . . . thanks for all the artist tagging and such, great work !

This is a great post. I can't to hear about more. The one I am looking for is the Fast Banjo theme from various times in the show. Most notably in The Littlest Giant when Stimpy is crying into the well, and Ren & The Cow notice the water and the cows run to it. That Fast Banjo music is great.

In the episode 'Insomniac Ren' what is the name of the eerie music that plays while Ren is in bed with Stimpy saying he must be too clever to sleep. He looks at Stimpy "Look at him, so peacful".Just before we see Stimpy dreaming (his stupid little dreams).

funkid and anonymous- I don't know those off the top of my head. I recommend checking these two sites...The spumboard...http://tinyurl.com/6rvcaland the Speedy Boris blog...http://speedyboris.blogspot.com

Great stuff! Though I could not seem to find the intro music to Space Madness in any of the collections. Any ideas of where to find it? Or did I just miss it? The music I'm talking about is at 02:24 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QThHuHoo5L0

x- that music is called...New World Symphony- 1st Movement - Antonín Dvořák And you're right, it's not on either of these collections, but you can probably find the piece where other classical music is available.

I dl'd the whole thing, and couldnt find the song I was looking for. It's in two episodes I know. In the Canadian Kilted Yaksman episode, where Ren and Stimpy are riding through the elements before the actual yaksman song, also in the Powdered Toastman episode right after he looks in the window of that shed and says "Danger!". That song is awesome...I guess it's an actual excerpt from a classical piece or something. If you or anyone has any info on it, lemme know. I can be reached on my myspace page. Thanks!

You absolutely rock! I had been looking for this one track literally for YEARS (turns out to be "Happy Go Lively"). Not only did I find it in your collection, I found 5 others I was also looking for. Right here in the one place!

Every single phrase I was going to type in an effort to thank you has already been typed in the last 2 years and 3 months since your original posting. Still, it is fair to say that they ALL apply. This collection has made me incredibly happy.

Hello from Australia.Great Blog!!!On the house of next Tuesday when Ren & stimpy are about to use the time machine their is an eerie ethereal music piece.Does anyone know this? artist/title? many thanks.

By some stroke of luck, I was just humming one of these tunes the other day and I thought, "Man, I'll never be able to find that song because it is classical and instrumental and it was from Ren and Stimpy. It's so obscure I'll never find it."

Lo and behold, you have proven me wrong sir. Thank you so much for this!!!!

ok, I'M LOOKING FOR THE SONG THAT IS PLAYED IN "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" WHEN THE GOLDFISH STARTS UP THE CAR AND DRIVES AWAY (PLAYED ON THE CAR RADIO). IT'S ALSO PLAYED ON VICTOR'S DAD'S CAR RADIO WHEN VICTOR IS PUNCHING STIMPY.... BNICHOLAS26@YAHOO.COM

ok, I'M LOOKING FOR THE SONG THAT IS PLAYED IN "MAN'S BEST FRIEND" WHEN THE GOLDFISH STARTS UP THE CAR AND DRIVES AWAY (PLAYED ON THE CAR RADIO). IT'S ALSO PLAYED ON VICTOR'S DAD'S CAR RADIO WHEN VICTOR IS PUNCHING STIMPY.... BNICHOLAS26@YAHOO.COM

All super-enthusiastic reactions, so I can't wait for your compilation to listen to. Especially since I am a Raymond Scott adept. But I can't find the way to download this. Maybe I read over the comment where to find the right link, but can anyone please help me out? Thanx!

anonymous, look at the megaupload link in the december 8 comment. And while the show used Raymond Scott music, this collection doesn't have any of it. There are a couple Scott albums available on Amazon, etc. though

Bnichola526 - I've been after that one particular song too & posted a comment on this page looking for it back in '06. All I can say is whoever finds out which artist did it or where you can get it, please post here even if it's another 5 years later. I check this every few months hoping it will turn up.

Quick review on the toonstruck link above (which does not have that song). I found a zipped file of the toonstruck songs by what appears to be the same person here: http://www.last.fm/user/dukzcry/journal/2009/09/05/2znth1_let%27s_end_with_toonstruck_ost. It is comprised mostly of more 50's shopping / orchestral / period dramatic pieces with a few jazzy numbers, some of which are on R&S Production music 1 & 2 (check the track list linked above). The zip is in KGB format (odd format which requires a special KGB unzip program) & is a whopping 352Mb due to the 52 songs being in FLAC format.

Alas your credit has been instated in the post. This wasn't done originally because, as a first time torrent user (I had to download the program just to get those tracks) it didn't occur to me that uploader info was even available. And even if I'd known where to look I wouldn't assume an uploader to be the same person who originated the files.

It was never my intent to ignore your contribution, in fact I referred to the mysterious compiler as "a dear soul (or souls)"

We are all grateful for your work and I'd love to know your source for these tracks.

First of all, you are my hero for doing this. I wasn't even remotely in the vicinity of Ren & Stimpy or its music while bumming around online, and, well, one thing lead to another, and I come upon your blog with your links. This is truly amazing.

This is great for two reasons- first, obviously, being a huge Ren & Stimpy fan, I LOVED the music they used (like most fans). Second, I do video production work, and having a library of "incidental" or "production" music of this magnitude is epic. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

admiraltennek, thank you so much !please fill us in on the details.were they ripped from records ?did you also rip part 2 and the elusive part 3 ?is there more coming ?thanks again, happy happy joy joy !

I also have Volume 3, but unfortunately the source I obtained it from neglected to include any of the artists when they tagged the tracks. Can any of you help me out by providing a track listing for Volume 3? I don't want to post it on my blog until I am able to include that information with the tracks.

Zer0_IIwhoa, you have the elusive part III!If you pointed me where to grab it I could help you find the artists, the only catch is my schedule is swamped for many weeks so it would be a while, but maybe I could pick at it a bit at a time. Feel free to email me at kirkd (at) centurytel (dot) net

@Kirk D. I sure do have the elusive Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 3. It might take me a couple of days before I have the time to upload all of the tracks, but I'll send you an e-mail shortly. I have all of the track names. I just need the artist's names. Thank you for being generous enough to agree to help me out.

@VonCheech: Wow! I had no idea there was a Vol. 4. Would you be willing to send the download links my way also? I would sincerely appreciate the gesture. My e-mail is shockw4ve_x at hotmail dot com.

@AdmiralTennekk: Are you responsible for Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 3, as well as the Vol. 4 that VonCheech referenced in his post above. If so I was wondering if you would be willing to save me and Kirk D. an enormous amount of time and work by providing me with the artists responsible for the tracks on Vol. 3. You can reach me at the e-mail above. Thank you so much for putting together these outstanding compilations. Please don't be upset with Kirk D. I speak from experience when say that album rips and homemade compilations often get passed around to the point where when someone such as Kirk receives it, they have no earthly idea who was responsible for creating it. I've had my rips posted on other blogs and forums all the time, and it has never offended me for that very reason. Judging from the fact that he was willing to give you credit upon discovering that you were individual responsible for creating these compilations, I would say that makes him a pretty stand-up guy. Again, thank you for putting these amazing compilations together. I'm sure they have brought happy-happy-joy-joy to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. I hope to hear from you soon.

First, thank you for this incredible collection and the cover art, which is also fantastic.

It might have been mentioned above, not sure, but there is a piece that is used very often in the show that wasn't included. It's called "Dangerous A," and is a Jaws-like theme in rhythm and orchestration. It's used countless times in the show, as well as several others. It's widely available on YouTube, in case anyone wanted to find it.

Hey, Have been searching for the song "Teenage Party" by Erik Markman. It appears in quite a few episodes. Discovered these collections while hunting for it - Nice work! None of them seem to have what I want though. I noticed another anon from 2010 was looking for this song too. I've managed to track down an mp3. It's not the greatest quality but if anyone is interested, here it is: http://www.ogmmusic.com/OGM/ra/PRO/ORA/02/21.mp3

For some reason this song cracks me up. It's got like a dirty "Tequila" surf vibe to it. Characters in R&S seem to always be listening to it on the radio in their car. Anyway, enjoy.

So does a Volume 4 even exist? I have 1-3, but I am positive that some of the music from the series is not on any of these volumes. somebody must have it!! please email it to nickortizzle1035@yahoo(DOT)com. If someone could help me out that would be much appreciated. I can't find it anywhere!!!

Heya folks. I have been a huge fan of the first two albums since stumbling upon this site a few years ago. My friends often think i am joking when i insist that the first two truly are amazing catalogs of music. Today i found out that a third album had been compiled and it seems that some are having trouble finding this elusive followup. I found a gent on pirate bay that does indeed harbor the latest installment of these wonderful songs. Sadly he did not go through the trouble of categorizing them by musical style, listing the authors or adding album art. perhaps i will spend the next few weeks tracking down the artists responsible and re upload a more complete list, but until that time a link to the source will have to suffice. i hope this helps a little.

For all you kiddies with visions of titty fucking in your head here is the R&S links! vol 1 and 2!!VOL.1.PART.1http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/75603832/file.htmlVOL2 PART.1 http://www4.zippyshare.com/v/59161052/file.htmlPART2 http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/81590904/file.htmlPART3. http://www56.zippyshare.com/v/97649429/file.html